Nishant Abhijeet Jawalkar

Nishant Abhijeet Jawalkar, a 16-year-old Indian player, is rated 2001 and sitting in the top 3% of Indian players under 16. He is climbing fast, having gained +101 Elo over the past 12 months. 92 rated games in the past year (≈87/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Under-17 Chess Championship 2025-26, Athens of the East 5th International Grandmaster Open Chess tournament (Category - A Above 2000), and Grand Chess Festival Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar International Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament 2025. Also played 3 rapid (including Morde Foundation 2nd All India Open FIDE Rapid Rating Chess Tournament, Pune) and 1 blitz events (including 16th Late Bharatbai Halkude Memorial Open FIDE Blitz Rating Chess Tournament) recently. His peak of 2183 was reached at age 15 (Oct 2025).

At junior level, he reached #27, #22 and #44 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.